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Signal chat leak: Attack plans exposed, CIA defence explained Several Trump administration officials are under fire after mistakenly including a journalist in a Signal group chat where strike plans against Houthi targets in Yemen were being discussed. Andrew Chang breaks down the defence from security officials, and why the truthContinue Reading

World U.S. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Thursday targeting law firm WilmerHale, one of a handful of major firms the president has taken aim at that have connections to his legal or political adversaries. Mueller is the former U.S. special counsel who investigated Russian contacts with 2016 Trump campaignThomsonContinue Reading

World The detention of South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar under house arrest has effectively collapsed the peace deal that ended the 2013-2018 civil war, his party said on Thursday. Prospect for peace, stability in South Sudan now in ‘serious jeopardy’: Machar’s partyThomson Reuters · Posted: Mar 27, 2025 9:43 AM EDTContinue Reading

World Six Russians died on Thursday and 39 foreign tourists were rescued when a viewing submarine sank off the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada, the local governor’s office said on Facebook, adding that no passengers or crew were still missing. Russian consulate in Hurghada says submarine had 45 Russian tourists on boardThomson Reuters · Posted: Mar 27,Continue Reading

World Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the country’s worst natural fire disaster with at least 28 people killed and historic temples incinerated. Blaze that began in central Uiseong county has carved trail of devastationThomson Reuters ·Continue Reading

World U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to reduce tariffs to get a deal done with TikTok’s Chinese parent, ByteDance, to sell the short-video app used by 170 million Americans. ‘Maybe I’ll give them a little reduction in tariffs … to get it done,’ U.S.Continue Reading

U.S. President Donald Trump has levelled what may be his most devastating tariffs yet, hitting a sizable chunk of the cross-border auto trade and potentially all of it at a later date. A new 25 per cent duty will strike all finished vehicles imported into the United States starting on AprilContinue Reading

World Oscar-winning Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal believes he is being deliberately targeted by Israeli settlers and soldiers in the occupied West Bank following the success of his film No Other Land, which won best documentary at the prestigious awards ceremony earlier this month.    No Other Land won Oscar for bestContinue Reading

World A panel of justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court has accepted charges against former president Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged attempt to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat, and they have ordered the former leader to stand trial. If found guilty, former president could face prison sentence stretchingContinue Reading